Browsing Philippine Daily Inquirer by Subject "Carnivores"

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    • Dead tilapia found in Laguna de Bay 

      Cinco, Maricar (Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 26, 2012, on page A8)
      The agriculture office in Calamba, Laguna province, on Friday ordered fish pen operators in their coastal area to bury the tons of dead tilapia plucked out from Laguna de Bay. This was while they were waiting for the ...

    • Gov't agencies declare war on fish 'invaders' 

      Domingo, Ronnel W. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 20, 2013, on page A18)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) and Laguna Lake Development Authority (LLDA) has rallied nine other government agencies to intensify the war on clown knife fish infestation at Laguna de Bay. The BFAR ...

    • Greenland sharks may live up to 400 years 

      Reuters (Philippine Daily Inquirer, August 13, 2016, on page A16)
      The Greenland shark, a big slow- moving deep-ocean predator that prowls the frigid waters of the Arctic and North Atlantic, can claim the distinction of being the planet's longest living vertebrate, with a lifespan perhaps ...

    • In Tanay, Rizal, predator knife fish ends up as fertilizer 

      Cinco, Maricar (Philippine Daily Inquirer, January 27, 2015, on page A13)
      The town of Tanay in Rizal province is turning knife fish caught from Laguna de Bay into organic compost to address the growing population of the predator species that continues to threaten local aquaculture. The knife ...

    • Knife fish newest scourge in Laguna’s fish farms 

      Sotelo, Yolanda (Philippine Daily Inquirer, February 17, 2013, on page A10)
      If you can’t lick them, eat them. Or feed them to other fish. The knife fish, an ornamental fish whose population has boomed and is harming the aquaculture industry in Laguna Lake, will be converted into fish meal and fed ...

    • The 'molmol tilapia'- a food fish 

      Guerrero, Rafael III (Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 28, 2016, on page B5)
      The so-called "molmol tilapia," reported to be a fishpond "pest" in Pangasinan and the coastal provinces of Manila Bay, is actually the "blackchin tilapia" (BCT) from West Africa where it is regarded as a food fish. ...

    • Turtle breed menace to fish farms 

      Orejas, Tonette; Malig, Jun (Philippine Daily Inquirer, February 7, 2013, on page A9)
      Chinese softshell turtles (Pelodiscus sinensis) have found their way in the waters of Pampanga, Bulacan, and Bataan, preying on bangus (milkfish) and tilapia fingerlings in fishponds there, an environment official said on ...